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$740 million Casino Project Underway in CT

The expansion will include a hotel tower, retail and dining space, and an office building.

Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 7/6/2007 12:00:00 AM

The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has a large-scale casino project underway in Uncasville, Connecticut. Priced at $740 million, the Project Horizon expansion is estimated for completion in 2010. Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo is architect of record for the project and Skanska USA Building was recently named construction manager for the Northern expansion portion, which carries a construction cost of $350 million.

Skanska's project will include a 1,000-room hotel tower expansion, 115,000 square feet of additional retail and dining space, a 40,000-square-foot office building and a 3,600-space parking garage.

The hotel, owned and operated by Mohegan Sun, will carry the brand of entertainment company House of Blues. An exclusive, members-only House of Blues Foundation Room will be located on the upper floors and 300 rooms will be House-of Blues-themed.

Skanska also has casino projects rising in Detroit, Michigan and Snoqualmie, Washington. The company is based out of Parsippany, New Jersey.